Yankees notebook: Derek Jeter gets more time off to heal

11:10 PM,
Sep. 8, 2013

Written by

Chad Jennings

Despite a clean CT scan of his sore left ankle, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was out of the lineup on Sunday and will be out of the lineup again on Monday. The Yankees are hoping two days off will ease some of soreness that has had Jeter moving awkwardly at times.

"He understands," manager Joe Girardi said. "I know he's frustrated and he wants to be out there. It's tearing him up inside. As much as he doesn't like it and he wants to be out there, I think he understands our point of view about trying to give it a couple of days to calm down."

It's been two weeks since Jeter returned from his third disabled list ...